The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeWhy Supporting Community Level Harm Reduction Means I Cannot Support the“Safehouse” BrandHarm reduction at the individual level and harm reduction at the community level do not have to conflict. Sadly, the Safehouse conversation…Mar 19, 2022Mar 19, 2022
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeWhy This Philly Born and Raised Harm Reductionist Stood With Philadelphians Against “Safehouse”I am a born and raised in Philly harm reductionist who recently stood with residents of Kensington and South Philly to protest against…Mar 16, 2022Mar 16, 2022
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoe“Smokers should…decide when to quit”How an enmeshed UPenn tobacco researcher’s words should remind us all of the direction the DBHIDS/CBH system was supposed to be heading…Sep 7, 2021Sep 7, 2021
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeThe Flawed Psychology of Forcing People to Hit “Rock Bottom”While teaching a class on eminent psychologist Abraham Maslow’s human hierarchy of needs theory to aspiring behavioral health…Nov 13, 20189Nov 13, 20189
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoe3 Devastating Collateral Consequences of the Prescription Opioid Pendulum Swing“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” — Isaac NewtonAug 14, 20186Aug 14, 20186
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeIs Organizing a Strategy for Peer Support Staff Reclaiming Power in Broken Systems?Across the country, a small army of people with lived experience of mental health or problem substance use concerns have been trained to…Aug 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeThe Challenges of Framing Addiction Recovery as a Redemption StoryFor many years, I experienced and framed my addiction recovery journey as a tale of redemption. I’m not exactly sure where I picked up the…Jul 21, 20183Jul 21, 20183
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoe13 Years of Continuous Abstinence: The Hope and The Challenges Of Focusing on Abstinence as THE…Today marks 13 years of continuous abstinence from alcohol and illicit drugs and being “in recovery” for me, but more than ever before, I…Jul 19, 20181Jul 19, 20181
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeThe Co-option and Oppression of a Social Justice Movement: Professionalized Peer Support ServicesWhen a social justice movement begins to go mainstream and become institutionalized, it then becomes extremely vulnerable to co-option. One…Jun 24, 20184Jun 24, 20184
